3.12.09

The trouble is installation process: works only on 32-bit Office, cannot be installed on Outlook 2010 (installer will complain that supported Outlook is not installed) – you have to upgrade Outlook 2007 with already installed CRM client. After upgrade you’ll have to reenable CRM add-in by visiting “Add-ins” in “Outlook Options”: Office Button > Options.

UPDATE 12/3/2009:Outlook 2010 Beta and CRM Client Update Rollup 7 work and play like a charm! Just install from a link on a CRM page. No more upgrades from Office 2007 needed, but 32-bit Outlook is still a requirement.

Annoyances like pop-up warnings with IE8 are still “in-the-box!”… But terrible startup when CRM server not available is SOLVED!!!! In mere seconds Outlook will report that CRM server is not available and continue loading without blocking… WOHOO!

29.9.09

There seems to be a recurring issue with MOSS deployments where DCOM security is not properly configured. You’ve maybe seen this one:

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} and APPID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} to the user <domain>\<user> SID (S-1-5…) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

ISA and TMG both support customizing default logon page for OWA publishing and can be found here: Customizing HTML Forms in ISA Server 2006. Although procedure is equal for TMG, folders are a bit different… For ISA 2006 folders with web files are located in <ISA Server Installation Directory>\CookieAuthTemplates\ but for TMG (Beta) they are at <ISA Server Installation Directory>\Templates\CookieAuthTemplates.

Starting from today our OWA logon page sports a brand new and modern look: